Geography and accents; further thoughts

[jeffl1965]

No: HPFGUIDX 81925

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff Bannister" 
<gbannister10 at a...> wrote:

> 
> One or two accent points. Matthew Lewis, who plays Neville in the 
> films,  certainly does not have a Liverpudlian accent. My first 
> reaction, having spoken with a Lancastrian accent myself as a kid 
> was "He's either Lancashire or Yorkshire". Checking the IMDB 
website, 
> he is from Leeds in Yorkshire. Seamus is obviously Irish -  it's a 
> good Irish name. Tom Felton has what appears to be a South-Eastern 
> accent, possibly the "Estuary" accent I referred to yesterday. He 
was 
> certainly born in London. Whether you project this onto Draco as a 
> result or not is open to speculation.
> 
   Jeff:
  
      Thanks for the info on Matthew. I wasn't sure and after the 
post about his accent, it reminded me that he almost had a lilt in 
his voice at times which was confusing me. But generally, his voice 
matches the character, since I do "hear" Nev as being very quiet when 
he speaks. Having a gram as he does, I don't think he'd be able to 
speak very loudly anyway, poor lad. As for Draco, again, he seems so 
posh, that I would expect him to be very proper and to speak more or 
less as Tom does. It's just that Tom doesn't stick his nose up in the 
air as much as I think Draco would. ;)




> On the question of Scots accents and pupils at the Hogwarts, bear 
in 
> mind that the pupils and staff are in a boarding school and will be 
> rather isolated from their surroundings; I  wouldn't expect them to 
> develop Scots accents.

   That makes sense. I've noticed that while the books don't seem to 
indicate that Oliver Wood is a scot and nobody mentions this on the 
list, how do they feel that he's been cast with a scot? Not that I 
don' like the actor. I think he's done a great job. I'm mad he's been 
cut from POA as I've been wanting to see him obsess over quidditch 
practice. ;)



  Jeff